Missouri State vs Drury
- October 25-26, 2024
- Springfield, Mo.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Day 1 Results
- Day 2 Results
Courtesy: Missouri State Athletics
DAY 1
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State swimming & diving split its home-opening meet against the crosstown Drury Panthers Friday evening at Hammons Student Center Pool. The women’s team dominated all night to come away with a 166-77 win, its first victory of the season. The MSU men’s team dropped its first meet of the season, 144-99.
Fifth-year swimmer Cabrini Johnson set a team record in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:12.40) to take her first event win of the season. Her time took down the previous record owned by Lauren Pavel (2:12.43) that she earned at the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Championships.
“As a fifth-year, it’s been pretty tough,” Johnson said. “There’s been a lot of ups and downs and I think today was a really positive meet for the women’s team especially, and we needed that. The team record was very unexpected, honestly.”
The women started strong with a win in the 400-yard medley relay (3:40.41), setting the first of many conference-best times this season. The time was the seventh-best time in the event in program history. The Bears also won the 400-yard freestyle relay on the women’s side (3.23.02) to top the MVC leaderboard.
Missouri State swept the podium in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Sophomore Lindsey Hervey won her second race of the season in the event with a time of 10:14.96. Fellow sophomores Evie Kolb (10:22.29) and Claire Culberson (10:26.32) rounded out the top three.
Junior Sophia Coleta was part of three Missouri State wins, including individual victories in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.52) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:58.62), the former was a personal best and the top MVC time in the event this season.
Samantha Roemer also played a hand in both relay wins and also showed out herself by winning the 200-yard individual medley (2:02.56). The fifth-year swimmer surpassed her best time in the event from last season (2:03.21).
“I think the women’s and men’s team both raced super well,” Roemer said. “We had a lot of fun doing it. It was exciting to put some suits on today and just see where we were at. We were very competitive and strong and we’re looking forward to tomorrow.”
The Bears got the job done in the sprint events as well. Sophomore Caitlyn Friebe won her first event this season in the 50-yard freestyle (23.46). Missouri State also swept the podium in the 100-yard freestyle junior Lana Janson won the event (50.85), followed by sophomore Makenzie Kurre (51.33) and sophomore Cameryn Johnson (51.90).
In diving, sophomore Maggie Arceneaux set new personal bests in both the 1-meter (251.02) and 3-meter dive (249.52) to win each event.
The men’s team also broke a record with senior Reese Hodgins snagging the Hammons Student Center Pool record in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.94). He reclaimed the record for the Bears that was reset by Mizzou’s Grant Bochenski (1:37.86) against the Bears in 2021.
“At practice this morning, Coach (Dave Collins) asked me what time I think I’ll go and I was like ‘whatever the pool record is,'” Hodgins said. “He said I think you can go faster than that.”
Sophomore Matvei Chesakov, the current program record-holder in the 50-yard free, held on to the throne in the event with a winning time of 20.37.
The Bears completed the sweep in the 200 breast thanks to junior Luigi Maciel da Silva, who swam away from the competition with a time of 2:00.25 to also scratch the top of the MVC standings.
The swim Bears complete the doubleheader with Drury on Saturday, starting at 1:00 p.m., at Breech Pool on Drury’s campus. The diving events will run concurrently at Hammons Student Center Pool.
DAY 2
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State women’s swimming & diving completed the weekend sweep of the Drury Panthers on Saturday at Breech Pool. The Bears took the win, 130-74, after all the swimming results were tabulated. Men’s swimming & diving suffered a second loss in as many days to Drury, 132.5-66.5.
The women’s team continued its hot streak from yesterday’s meet against Drury at Hammons Student Center Pool by opening Saturday’s meet with a win on the 200-yard medley relay (1:41.75). That time leads the Missouri Valley Conference this season. The Bears also took the win in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:35.09) to sweep the women’s relay events for the weekend.
The Bears swept the podium in the 1,000-yard freestyle for the second straight day with sophomore Lindsey Hervey leading the way again with a time of 10:10.61, less than half a second off her personal best. Junior Sophia Coleta (10.22.61) and sophomore Claire Culberson (10:27.11) completed the top three.
Hervey earned her second win of the meet and third of the weekend in the 500-yard freestyle (4:57.92), surpassing Coleta’s MVC-leading time of 4:58.62 she earned yesterday. Coleta also improved her time on Saturday with a 4:58.12 which was good for second.
“After weeks of hard training my teammates and I have been putting in, I wanted to show the hard work pay off,” Hervey said. “We all went into the meet wanting to have fun so I wanted to continue that energy into Day 2.”
Junior Lana Janson followed up her 100-yard freestyle win on Friday by also taking the event on Saturday with an improved conference-leading time of 50.52. She also won the 200-yard freestyle on Saturday. Janson defeated Mellie Wijk, Great Lakes Valley Conference leader in the event, by two-tenths of a second to win (1:49.00).
Sophomore Olivia Sala won her first career individual event in the 400-yard individual medley (4:22.69), just .06 seconds off her personal best from last season’s MVC Championships.
After winning the 50-yard freestyle on Friday, sophomore Caitlyn Friebe returned to her winning ways in the 100-yard backstroke (55.35). She defeated the next-best finisher, Drury’s Lexie Waller, by over a second and a half.
Fifth-year Samantha Roemer added to her successful weekend after three wins on Friday with a victory in the 100-yard butterfly (54.42) improving on her time that already led the conference.
The Bears divers once again owned the 1-meter and 3-meter dives. Sophomore Maggie Arceneaux replicated her Friday win in the 1-meter dive by resetting her personal best score of 275.40. Her score is the sixth-highest after six dives at the 1-meter height in Missouri State history. Senior Courtney Stanbury finished second with a personal best of 261.38.
Stanbury won her first diving event of the year with a personal best score in the 3-meter dive (262.58). Arceneaux also broke her best score that she set on Friday with a 254.33, good for second.
“I was very excited to compete as well as we did and get some personal bests along with my teammates,” Arceneaux said. “We all competed very well this weekend and are looking forward to our next meet.”
On the men’s side, junior Lucas Chadwell won his first event of the season in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.43, which was .04 seconds faster than his second-place result in the event last night behind sophomore Matvei Chesakov.
“Winning my first individual event this season is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team,” Chadwell said. “Together, we pushed each other to excel, and I’m proud to represent our school in this achievement. Here’s to more successes ahead.”
Senior Brunno Suzuki-Tomiyama completed the Bears’ sweep in the 400 IM with a winning time of 4:02.27, besting his MVC-leading time he earned against Southern Illinois earlier this month (4:02.42).
Junior Luigi Maciel da Silva continued his dominance in breaststroke events, winning the 100-yard variety with a time of 54.56. It is his fourth win of the season, evenly split across the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke.
Missouri State swimming & diving will remain in Springfield next weekend as it hosts Omaha for a two-day meet at Hammons Student Center Pool starting on Friday, Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. Day two will be Saturday, Nov. 2 at 10 a.m.
Courtesy: Drury Athletics
DAY 1
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— The Drury men’s swimming & diving team defeated Missouri State 144-99, while the DU women’s squad dropped a 166-77 dual to the Bears on Friday night at Hammons Student Center on the MSU campus. The duals were the first of two meetings between the Springfield programs on back-to-back days.
The Drury men’s team, ranked number one in NCAA-II, won 10 of the 13 events on Friday on their way to their fourth win over the Bears in the last five meetings. The women’s squad, ranked fourth in Division II, got a pair of first place finishes.
Men’s Highlights
- The Panthers won the 400 Medley Relay as Ivan Adamchuk, Davi Mourao, Alejandro Villarejo, and Lucas Mineur combined for a time of 3:12.83
- Matheus Siniscalchi, a freshman from Brazil, won the 1000 Free (9:24.01) while teammate Colby Hughes was second (9:25.05)
- Drury also went 1-2 in the 200 IM as Ivan Adamchuk took first (1:47.93), and Joao Nogueira was second (1:50.71)
- Adamchuk also won the 200 Back with a time of 1:45.93, while Alvaro Zornoza was second (1:46.12)
- Alejandro Villarejo won the 200 Fly (1:48.91)
- Lucas Mineur took the 100 Free, hitting the wall in 44.82
- Nogueira captured the 500 Free (4:34.97)
- Israel Zavaleta won both diving events, winning the 3-meter with 345.75 points and the 1-meter event with a total of 342.97
- Drury closed the night with a win in the 400 Free Relay as Yuri Cabral, Zornoza, Villarejo, and Mineur combined for a time of 3:00.00, winning by 0.55 seconds over Missouri State’s A team
Women’s Highlights
- Drury’s Lexie Waller won the 200 Back with a time of 2:00.85
- Maria Munoz picked up a win in the 200 Fly, posting a time of 2:01.51
- Mellie Wijk was second in the 200 Free (1:50.87) and was out-touched at the wall by Sophia Dela Coleta of Missouri State by .35 seconds
DAY 2
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Drury swimming & diving teams tangled with Missouri State in a dual for the second straight day and the Drury men’s squad came away with a 156.5-86.5 victory while the Missouri State women’s team won 161-81. The win for the DU men’s team, currently ranked number one in NCAA-II, was their second win in as many nights against the Bears.
Women’s Highlights
- Ashlyn Moore took first in the 50 Free and won by 0.13 seconds with a time of 23.68
- Jonette Laegreid won the 100 Breast as she out-touched Missouri State’s Cabrini Johnson by 0.04 seconds with a time of 1:01.90
- Mellie Wijk was second in the 100 Fly and finished 0.16 seconds off the lead with a time of 54.78
- The Panthers A team in the 200 Free Relay (Ellie Walker, Mellie Wijk, Gwen Bergum, and Kirsten Lee) narrowly lost to Missouri State’s squad as Drury was 0.34 seconds off the winning time at 1:35.43
Men’s Highlights
- Drury won the 200 Medley Relay with Ivan Adamchuk, Davi Mourao, Alejandro Villarejo, and Yuri Cabral combined for a time of 1:27.77
- Matheus Siniscalchi took the 1000 Free by more than seven seconds as his time of 9:21.56 topped teammate Colby Hughes, who was second (9:28.74)
- The Panthers were 1-2-3 in the 200 Free as Lucas Mineur won (1:39.02), Matteo Vissotto was second (1:39.44) and Marwane Sebbata was third (1:40.15)
- Alejandro Villarejo won the 100 Fly (47.73) and Alvaro Zornoza was second (49.20)
- Lucas Mineur won the 100 Free with a time of 44.40
- Ivan Adamchuk picked up a win in the 100 Back (47.77), while Viktor Khnykin was second (48.64)
- Joao Nogueira led a 1-2-3 finish for the Panthers in the 500 Free as Nogueira posted a time of 4:32.66, followed by Vissotto (4:33.32), and Josue Hernandez (4:36.38)
- Israel Zavaleta swept the diving events for the second straight day, winning the 1-meter event with 376.88 points and the 3-meter diving with 345.75 points
- Drury’s 200 Free Relay team of Mineur, Vikor Khnykin, Marwane Sebbata, and Yuri Cabral, won with a time of 1:21.47 to beat the Bears top squad in the event by 0.33 seconds
Both of Drury’s swimming & diving teams compete again in the Drury Invitational, Nov. 8-9 at the Breech Pool on the DU campus.
